European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Photos by Gus Schuettler by Judy Sarasohn staff writer poor and Karagiozis has been thrown Back into his Shack so Why is everybody chuckling Karagiozis is Greece Little he has been and always will be poor and hungry and unable to do anything but a constant he often ends up getting a beating or being thrown Back into his and yet he suffers it All with a cheery mocking himself and others around ugly and Karagiozis whose name Means Black Eye has been identified with the life of the hungry greek of the years under the his name also refers to the oldest existing theater in modern Karagiozis is Shadow puppet the Shadow players manipulate Karagiozis and other characters behind Baclit one Shadow player handles All of the the animal cries and background its marvelous mystery for children and often amusing political satire for once popular throughout the theater has been Hurt by the spread of movies after world War ii and the appearance of television in the its hard to find although there is a regular Karagiozis production in Athens from june to the Haridimos Shadow theater at the Square of the Monument of Lys crates in Athens puts on open air shows at 9 weather the language difference is no problem for children and Younga theart who can appreciate the Universal themes and enjoy a Good pratfalls no matter what culture its Christos a greek artist who lives in has studied and performed Karagiozis theater for 13 during the military Rule of Greece in the Early he used his puppets in a look at the backstage of Christos Kyriazis Shadow Paris to it was amusing the greeks in exile and i used it to speak my feelings against the political Kyriazis said before giving a special performance in Athens this he still likes political All powerful Karagiozis criticizes both i have nothing to lose i dont say Karagiozis says Kyriazis Kyriazis goes in for throwing items in the news into the traditional settings of the Shadow one year in Sweden when a russian submarine was prowling Kyriazis had a sub sneaking around knowing that american visitors were in an audience this he pitted a Uncle Sam Lincoln character in Cowboy boots against he talked about whom he plays with a voice of gravel and he is Hes been through Hes trying to go through the but Hes pushed he never loses his character or he represents the greek character who fights the foreign Kyriazis has a simple screen with Light bulbs Strung around the Back and shining on despite the Shadow nature of the the Bright colors of the puppets and scenery show there is a paper Castle taped up on one end of the screen and Karagiozis broken Down Shack on the a microphone hangs from a string around Kyriazis a Reed pipe is tied to his a record player sits on a shelf behind him for the background music of frantically moving behind the Small sometimes it All becomes too much and puppets and noisemakers go crashing to the Kyriazis just keeps the chaos seems to be a part of the it Doest the children have Given up their polite enthralled with the the girls and boys simply stood up against the Wall peaking around the screen to watch the Shadow player and his audience View of the screen during a july stripes Magazine 9